Demographic Characteristics and Common Complaints of People Seeking Telephone Consulting Services for Anxiety and Stress Caused by COVID-19
Background The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and imposed quarantine have had different effects on the social and psychological aspects of people. The lack of any definitive treatment or preventive method for COVID-19 has caused a great deal of stress and anxiety in people. Objectiv...
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| description | Background The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and imposed quarantine have had different
effects on the social and psychological aspects of people. The lack of any definitive treatment or
preventive method for COVID-19 has caused a great deal of stress and anxiety in people.
Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the demographic characteristics and common complaints
of callers to the telephone counseling helpline to receive services for anxiety and stress caused
by COVID-19.
Methods This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. The study samples were 1978 callers to the telephone
counseling helpline of the Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research (ACECR) in Iran.
Data collection was done by a checklist made by researchers and provided to the consultants.
Findings Most of callers (65.8%) were women and married (77.7%) with a mean age of 44.14 years;
41.5% of callers with no any symptoms were afraid and worried about getting infected; 26.6% stated
their anxiety was due to worry that their first-degree relatives may get infected, and 8.5% reported that
their anxiety was because of fear of economic problems and loss of job or income .
Conclusion The main users of the telephone counseling helpline was married women aged 30-39 years.
Considering the anxiety and stress caused by COVID-19 outbreak, it seems necessary to provide counseling
services. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5351bab3225e4028b09e56275e0cd28a2022-12-21T18:59:56ZfasQazvin University of Medical Sciences & Health ServicesThe Journal of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences1561-36662228-72132020-04-0124213614510.32598/JQUMS.24.2.2430.1Demographic Characteristics and Common Complaints of People Seeking Telephone Consulting Services for Anxiety and Stress Caused by COVID-19Faraj Hoseinian SarajlooRoza RashediHaleh FatehHamidreza ShahbazpourBahareh Kashani Movahhed0Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranBackground The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and imposed quarantine have had different effects on the social and psychological aspects of people. The lack of any definitive treatment or preventive method for COVID-19 has caused a great deal of stress and anxiety in people. Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the demographic characteristics and common complaints of callers to the telephone counseling helpline to receive services for anxiety and stress caused by COVID-19. Methods This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. The study samples were 1978 callers to the telephone counseling helpline of the Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research (ACECR) in Iran. Data collection was done by a checklist made by researchers and provided to the consultants. Findings Most of callers (65.8%) were women and married (77.7%) with a mean age of 44.14 years; 41.5% of callers with no any symptoms were afraid and worried about getting infected; 26.6% stated their anxiety was due to worry that their first-degree relatives may get infected, and 8.5% reported that their anxiety was because of fear of economic problems and loss of job or income . Conclusion The main users of the telephone counseling helpline was married women aged 30-39 years. Considering the anxiety and stress caused by COVID-19 outbreak, it seems necessary to provide counseling services.http://journal.qums.ac.ir/article-1-3062-en.htmlanxietystresscovid-19telephone counseling |
| spellingShingle | Faraj Hoseinian Sarajloo Roza Rashedi Haleh Fateh Hamidreza Shahbazpour Bahareh Kashani Movahhed Demographic Characteristics and Common Complaints of People Seeking Telephone Consulting Services for Anxiety and Stress Caused by COVID-19 The Journal of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences anxiety stress covid-19 telephone counseling |
| title | Demographic Characteristics and Common Complaints of People Seeking Telephone Consulting Services for Anxiety and Stress Caused by COVID-19 |
| title_full | Demographic Characteristics and Common Complaints of People Seeking Telephone Consulting Services for Anxiety and Stress Caused by COVID-19 |
| title_fullStr | Demographic Characteristics and Common Complaints of People Seeking Telephone Consulting Services for Anxiety and Stress Caused by COVID-19 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Demographic Characteristics and Common Complaints of People Seeking Telephone Consulting Services for Anxiety and Stress Caused by COVID-19 |
| title_short | Demographic Characteristics and Common Complaints of People Seeking Telephone Consulting Services for Anxiety and Stress Caused by COVID-19 |
| title_sort | demographic characteristics and common complaints of people seeking telephone consulting services for anxiety and stress caused by covid 19 |
| topic | anxiety stress covid-19 telephone counseling |
| url | http://journal.qums.ac.ir/article-1-3062-en.html |
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